Example sentences of "be [Wh det] [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually there would be what is called a phase transition and the symmetry between the forces would be broken : the strong force would become different from the weak and electromagnetic forces . |
| 2 | I 'm convinced that could be what 's affected the Rose Bowl 's profits recently . |
| 3 | Probably five eight rather than cos yeah I erm okay see erm right right right erm , so the thing that I would be looking for , if I could find this , would be what 's doing the colouring and how , how does that work ? |
| 4 | ‘ You see , I think that you are what 's called a borderline personality , with pronounced schizoid tendencies . |
| 5 | Yeah , that 's what 's causing the problem , very high urban wage rate but it does n't reflect market forces , so if you erm reduce the subsidies given to er industry |
| 6 | No at the moment it 's getti the tank the water tank is n't sealed , it 's drawing a lot of dust in , er we 've tried putting a cover over it and everything else and that 's what 's causing the sludging . |
| 7 | It 's all round here so the less I by here , all the and all muscles had all gone and they 're all pressing on a , on a nerve and that 's what 's causing the problem and she said that that was what . |
| 8 | It 's what 's called an ‘ occupational hazard ’ . ’ |
| 9 | that 's what goes on and that 's what 's draining the Health Service as well . |
| 10 | Another finding of these analyses worthy of note is the uneven incidence of sex discrimination ( if that 's what 's explaining the otherwise unexplained gap ) . |
| 11 | The second influence on individuals ' social power is what are called the bases they have to draw on . |
| 12 | All the adrenaline is now remaining in your system with all these other hormones , and this is what 's causing the illnesses and the problems . |
| 13 | ‘ Now this is what 's called a tap spring , ’ and he lightly tapped his right foot along the floor boards and hopped neatly onto it , leaving his left leg raised slightly behind him . |
| 14 | Erm , and we put to them they ca n't take a simplistic approach of saying this is what 's to cover the cost in selling from there and that is all that 's available to place people more appropriately in the community . |
| 15 | The mad dash is what is called a ‘ vacuum ’ activity . |
| 16 | Ben now straightened his back and returned to his seat and , looking at Aggie , said , ‘ Besides which , there is what is called a diplomat in our midst , Mrs Winkowski . ’ |
| 17 | The worst form of inter-group conflict is what is called a ‘ win-lose ’ conflict , in which the competing groups all seek to win and in which there can in fact be only one winner . |
| 18 | Blast furnace gas is what is called a low-grade fuel . |
| 19 | Einstein 's general relativity is what is called a classical theory ; that is , it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle . |
| 20 | The general theory of relativity is what is called a classical theory . |
| 21 | A black belt is what is called a ‘ dan ’ grade , and signifies the level of proficiency the instructor has achieved . |
| 22 | It is what is called a classical theory ; that is , it does not take account of the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics , as it should for consistency with other theories . |
| 23 | The possibility exists then to discriminate between the two models if there is a break in the process determining Y t ; that is , if there is what is called a regime break , a break in the process about which expectations are being formed . |
| 24 | Included in it is what is called the uncertainty principle , which states that one can never precisely measure the position and the velocity of a particle at the same time ; the more accurately you can measure one , the less accurately you can measure the other . |
| 25 | In the far south we have Kappa Pavonis in the Peacock , which is what is termed a ‘ Type II Cepheid ’ , rather less powerful than a classical Cepheid with the same period . |
| 26 | One of the most frequently cited indices is what is termed the ‘ dependency ratio ’ . |
| 27 | Suppose we believe that the snow is what is muffling the sound of the traffic , or that flipping the switch made the windscreen wipers start to work , or that it is the position of the car 's heater that accounts for the driver 's left knee being warm . |
| 28 | is what is making the horrible taste . |
| 29 | The expansion of the surface was what was causing the pebbles to move away from hers they were being carried along by the movement of the sheet . |
| 30 | In those early days what seemed newsworthy was what was called the movie ‘ fever ’ . |